United States Seventh Circuit

MCKNIGHT v. DEAN, 00-3007

Even assuming that the defendant accused of malpractice actually did coerce his client into accepting a settlement, where the eventual settlement exceeded what the client could likely have gotten at trial, there is no injury and therefore no tort.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/09/2001
• Decided 11/02/2001
• Published 11/02/2001

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas E. Patterson (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel F. Konicek, Konicek & Dillon, St. Charles, IL, Richard H. Donohue, Karen Kies DeGrand (argued), Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.